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Jay Weixelbaum

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I do a bunch of stuff. Science writer primarily in public health. Producer and founder of Elusive Films. PhD. Expert in history of US companies in Germany during World War II. Musician. Designer. Lists are a foolish idea right now. Don’t put me on one.

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It would be super cool to see a little more about what people are actually doing to help their communities instead of constant complaints.

06.10.2025 00:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’ve been asking this for a few years now. All I get is insult back. My conclusion is that antizionist Jews have a *very* shallow engagement with Judaism.

03.10.2025 11:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I need to stop interrupting the Great Finding Out

02.10.2025 22:25 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This has been very stressful. All I want to do is serve.

Make it stop

02.10.2025 18:47 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Maybe I’ll be wrong. Unless there’s some innovation that stops the hallucinations, these tools aren’t terribly useful, except for creating slop. And who wants that? We should be asking this question, repeatedly. /end

29.09.2025 15:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Of course, the wonks will be paying attention to how well Nvidia is doing. I expect them to be a lagging indicator. If they start to slow down though, that’s a sign to watch too. /8

29.09.2025 15:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

At some point if things are going south, one of the big AI companies will fold. That’s when our media is likely to tune in. By then we’ll already be well on our way to the end of the bubble. I expect this in late 2026. /7

29.09.2025 15:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Massive data center projects have big bills coming due. Soon. Keep an eye on the projects in TX. If there’s trouble with them getting paid in 2026, you know the bubble is popping. /6

29.09.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Big AI companies are spending a lot more venture capital then they’re receiving in profit. This investment will dry up. How long until that happens. Folks smarter than me like Zitron say 18 months. /5

29.09.2025 15:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Big tech will be vague about the value of their AI investments when slowdown happens. This may start to spook markets. /4

29.09.2025 15:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Harbingers to watch out for when the bubble burst is immanent:

1. Big tech (google, meta, etc) slow down their capital investments. Overall economy is slowing down, so this is likely. /3

29.09.2025 15:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This will likely change the conversation on GenAI. It won’t be seen as a magic box any longer. Opportunities for critical thinking about accuracy and the value of human effort. /2

29.09.2025 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I believe there is better than a 50% chance the AI bubble bursts within the 18 months. /1

29.09.2025 15:35 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Keep thinking about it.

23.09.2025 02:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Honestly, none of us should be on social media. It’s profoundly unhealthy.

Here’s your cue (and mine) to do something—anything—other than this. Right now.

16.09.2025 11:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Putin seizes Air Liquide assets in Russia Roughly $700 million in property is taken from French industrial gas firm

Quoted in this piece about business & dictatorships

cen.acs.org/business/inv...

13.09.2025 17:34 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

It plants a seed. And it costs virtually nothing to do. We can lift each other up. I know it can feel awkward and it's easy to make a million excuses not to do it. But just reach out and try it. It will feel good.

Trust me. You got this

11.09.2025 19:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's simple. Watch:

I see you. I see how hard this is. I see how you're getting through it. You are strong. You matter. You deserve to be included.

11.09.2025 19:59 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Remember: Attitudes are viral. Social media harnesses that power greatly. We mostly see the way sadness, anger, and indifference affect each other negatively. But it works in all directions. A message of hope, gratitude, and empathy also affects us. Positively.

11.09.2025 19:59 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

There is a specific reason I am proceeding with this exercise, by the way.

I will make that point clearly as soon as I see your explanation.

28.07.2025 14:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So now that we’ve cleared up the difference between the words “me” and “we,” please let me know where you get off speaking for me. Thanks

28.07.2025 14:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

This is almost inevitable for any politician with a populist base. Their exercise in perpetual enemy creation means their perfect heroes will eventually become a target for their boundless grievance addiction.

22.07.2025 12:08 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Morbidity. There’s a theme.

Moving on

11.07.2025 21:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You really think expressing an entitled attitude behind an anonymous account where you make demands without any indication you’re willing to do anything to help isn’t an issue?

Clearly you haven’t developed enough self awareness to see how this behavior might have helped us get here

11.07.2025 21:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Ah! My. There’s some actual buy-in.

Congratulations, you’ve done the bare minimum. Surely that makes your demands super legitimate. All that work you put in to help, and all

11.07.2025 21:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you! If you're interested in my work, please follow my production company at elusive-films.com

We're so close to getting this important history on screen

08.07.2025 21:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There’s a reason people study genocide.

And it’s not to satisfy the whims of people hurling abuse at strangers. Be curious, not furious.

05.07.2025 19:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Good. That’s how you measure impact.

When you’re done with that maybe learn something about genocide.

Like, why would I bring up a guy Raphael Lemkin? Maybe you’ll even figure out what troubled him so much about defining genocide.

Because, you see, not everyone treated this topic like a toy

02.07.2025 17:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

You don’t know what genocide is though.

02.07.2025 16:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Allow me to reiterate that arguments from anonymous accounts *avoiding responsibility* is predictable and clownish

Oh look, a clown

01.07.2025 21:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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